ACK TO YOU IN THE STUDIO JOHNNY. THANKS SO MUCH. WE’LL TOMORROW MORNING, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI WILL BEGIN TO GRADUALLY REOPENED BUT WITH PLENTY OF RESTRICTIONS STILL IN PLACE. GIVE ME SIGNS MARTIN AUGUSTINE JOINS US LIVE WITH THE VERY LATEST MARKET. ROB ONE OF THE PAINFUL REALITIES OF THIS QUARANTINE. IS IT BEEN GETTING TOGETHER FOR A WEDDING AND GETTING TOGETHER FOR A FUNERAL A COUPLE OF THE MOST MOMENTOUS AND EMOTIONAL EVENTS FOR FAMILY TO GATHER? I’VE HAD TO STOP WELL STARTING TOMORROW YOU CAN ONCE AGAIN GATHER FOR A WEDDING GATHER FOR A FUNERAL IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. YOU CAN ALSO GATHER FOR RELIGIOUS SERVICES TO BUT THERE ARE RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE IF THIS EVENT IS GOING TO BE INDOORS THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PEOPLE YOU CAN HAVE THERE IS TEN OUTDOORS. THE MAXIMUM NUMBER IS 50 AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOCIAL DISTANCING EITHER WAY IN THAT SITUATION ALSO STARTING TOMORROW SOME BUSINESSES PREVIOUSLY LABEL IS NON-ESSENTIAL CAN START REOPEN RETAIL SHOPS SALONS THINGS. THAT BUT IF THEY ARE REOPENING THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW THE 10 10 10 RULE IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. NOW, WHAT IS THAT? WELL, YOU CAN ONLY HAVE A MAXIMUM OF 10 PEOPLE INSIDE THE BUSINESS OR WHAT WOULD BE 10 PERCENT OCCUPATIONAL MAXIMUM. WHICHEVER NUMBER IS LARGER, AND ANYBODY WHO’S IN THOSE BUSINESSES CAN ONLY BE INSIDE FOR A MAXIMUM OF 10 MINUTES. OTHERWISE, THE BUSINESS OWNER NEEDS TO COLLECT A NAME AND SOME CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT. WHAT’S THAT ALL ABOUT WELL, IN CASE THERE’S ANOTHER OUTBREAK OR CONTINUED OUTBREAK OF THE VIRUS OR AN OUTBREAK THAT CAN BE TRACED BACK TO THAT BUSINESS THAN THE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT CAN GET AHOLD OF PEOPLE LET THEM KNOW THEY GIVE POTENTIALLY BEEN EXPOSED TO THE VIRUS NOW. WE’RE COMING TO YOU LIVE HERE FROM THE B&B THEATERS UP IN THE NORTHLAN NORTHLAND. GREAT PLACE TO COME WATCH THE MOVIES. I’VE BEEN HERE MANY TIMES. SELF BUT IT IS NOT OPEN AND IT WILL NOT GET TO START REOPENING TOMORROW NOR WILL DINE IN RESTAURANTS BARS. JIM’S PLAYGROUNDS MUSEUMS. THOSE ALL HAVE TO STAY CLOSED THEY GET THEIR CHANCE TO START REOPENING ON MAY 15TH. REPORTING LIVE IN THE NORTHLAND MARTIN AUGUSTINE KMBC 9 NEWS. ALL RIGHT MARTIN. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ME WHILE HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AS THE FIRST PHASE OF REOPENING BEGINS WELL KNOW AND FOLLOW YOUR COUNTY OR CITIES RESTRICTIONS WERE AMASSED IN PUBLIC. STAY SIX FEET OR MORE AWAY FROM OTHER PEOPLE AND CONTINUE TO WASH YOUR HANDS A LOT. THEY ALSO RECOMMEND STAYING HOME IF YOU ARE SICK HERE ARE THE SYMPTOMS THAT YOU MIGHT EXPERIENCE WITH COVID-19. THOSE ARE FEVER COUGH AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH OR STILL YOUR MAINSTAYS, BUT THE CDC SAYS YOU MIGHT ALSO EXPERIENCE CHILLS REPEATED. CHILLS MUSCLE PAIN HEADACHE SORE THROAT AND A NEW LOSS OF TASTE OR SMELL IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE COVID-19 DON’T PANIC JUST ISOLATE YOURSELF FROM OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS AND CALL YOUR DOCTOR. THE VAST MAJORITY OF CASES CAN BE MANAGED AT HOME. WELL SOME LOCAL NAIL SALONS REOPEN THE CUSTOMERS MONEY WITH NEW HEALTH GUIDELINES IN PLACE AND EAT RAN THE OWNER OF PINK AND WHITE NAIL SALON, AND LIBERTY SAYS IN HIS SALON HAS NEW STREET CLEANING AND POLICIES IN PLACE. ANYTHING DOWN EVERY CLIENT WE DID THE SANITIZE EVERYTHING SO EVERY CLIMB BETWEEN CLIMB WASH HAND BETWEEN BEFORE AND AFTER. TRAN SAYS HE IS BLOWN AWAY BY THE RESPONSE. HE SING. HE TELLS US EVERY APPOINTMENT FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK IS ALL BOOKED UP. BUSINESSES IN OVERLAND PARK ARE GETTING READY FOR CUSTOMERS WHEN CLOTHES MENTOR A CONSIGNMENT STORE OPENS ITS DOORS NEXT WEEK CUSTOMERS WILL SEE SOME CHANGES GLOVES AND HAND SANITIZER WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE ENTRANCE. THEY’LL SEE NEW WINDOWS AT THE REGISTERS AND ARROWS IN THE AISLES TO DIRECT TRAFFIC PEOPLE INTERESTED IN SELLING THEIR GENTLY USED CLOTHING WILL HAVE TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT THEN OVER IN STUDIO 8 SALON WORKERS ARE GETTING RID OF THE WAITING AREA AND THEY’RE ALSO THEY PLAN TO SPACE OUT CLIENTS, BUT BECAUSE SALONS ARE INCLUDED IN THE SECOND PHASE OF THE REOPENING PLANT. WELL, THEY’LL HAV TO WAIT AT LEAST UNTIL MAY EATING TO REOPEN MY HOPE ESPECIALLY FOR JOHNSON COUNTY STYLIST IS THAT THEIR CLIENTS WILL WAIT FOR US TO OPEN OUR DOORS AND NOT YOU KNOW, LEAVE A STYLIST TO GO TO MISSOURI OR TO SOME THAT IS OPEN SOONER. UNDER PHASE ONE GATHERINGS ARE LIMITED TO NO MORE THAN 10 PEOPLE MASS AND SOCIAL DISTANCING ARE ENCOURAGED IN PUBLIC. SEE HOW STATES COUNTIES AND CITIES ARE REOPENING. WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF THEIR PLANS AT KMBC.COM. LET’S TAKE A LOOK NOW AT THE LATEST CORONAVIRUS CASE NUMBERS FOR BOTH, MISSOURI AND KANSAS, MISSOURI REPORTED ITS LARGEST JUMP IN COVID-19 CASES IN A 24-HOUR PERIOD SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN. THOSE PEOPLE WOULD HAVE ALL CONTRACTED THE VIRUS BEFORE THE STATE REOPEN 368 NEW CASES WERE REPORTED MONDAY WITH MOST OF THOSE AROUND ST. LOUIS. MEANWHILE, KANSAS REPORTED 215 NEW CASES AND YOU LOCAL NUMBERS SHOW OVER 3,000 CASES IN KANSAS CITY AND R9 COUNTY AREA AND WYANDOTTE COUNTY ALONE. THERE ARE OVER. 875 CASES WELL JOHNSON COUNTY KANSAS IS ALSO A BIG HIT HARD BY THE VIRUS AND SOME NEW INFORMATION IS SHEDDING LIGHT ON WHO’S BEING AFFECTED THE MOST KMBC 9S. MATT EVANS LIVE THIS MORNING TO BREAK IT ALL DOWN FOR US, MAN. OH ROB. GOOD MORNING. WE’RE HERE AT THE JOHNSON COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT AND OLATHE. THIS IS WHERE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WORKING TO RAMP UP TESTING RAPIDLY HERE IN JOHNSON COUNTY AND TRACE CASES OF THE CORONAVIRUS TO TRY AND FIND THE BIGGEST OUTBREAKS IN JOHNSON COUNTY UNFORTUNATELY, THEY HAVE FOUND SOME OUTBREAKS INSIDE LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES IN THE COUNTY AND NOW DEATHS INSIDE THOSE LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES WHERE THEY MAKE UP THE MAJORITY OF DEATHS INSIDE JOHNSON COUNTY ACCORDING TO NEW NUMBERS RELEASED THIS WEEK. THERE HAVE DEATHS INSIDE LONG-TERM CARE. SO THAT HE’S HERE AT 73 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL OF 45 DEATHS IN THE COUNTY, EVEN THOUGH THE 129 CASES AT THOSE TYPES OF FACILITIES. ONLY MAKE UP ABOUT A QUARTER OF ALL THE TOTAL CASES HERE. THERE HAVE BEEN OUTBREAKS IDENTIFIED AT NEARLY A DOZEN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES IN THE COUNTY OF THE HARDEST-HIT FACILITY BEING THE BRIGHTON GARDENS OF PRAIRIE VILLAGE, WHICH HAS 40 CASES AND EIGHT DEATHS. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS NOT A NEW TREND OR A TRIM THAT IS SPECIFIC TO JOHNSON COUNTY KANSAS THIS FOLLOWS SIMILAR DATA SIMILAR NUMBERS THAT WE’VE SEEN ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND ALL ROSS THE METRO THAT SHOWS JUST HOW QUICKLY THIS CORONAVIRUS CAN SPREAD INSIDE THESE TYPES OF FACILITIES WHERE PEOPLE ARE STAYING FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME THEN ALSO JUST HOW SUSCEPTIBLE THEIR POPULATIONS ARE TO DEVELOPING SOME SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS DUE TO COVID-19 LIVE IN OLATHE THIS MORNING MATT EVANS KMBC 9 NEWS MATT THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELL, WE HAVE LEARNED A THIRD PERSON HAS NOW DIED FROM COVID-19 AND SAID THE LANSING CORRECTIONAL FACILITY THE FIFTH YEAR OLD AND MAKE TESTED POSITIVE FOR DAYS AGO AND WAS MOVED TO A HOSPITAL IN KANSAS CITY KANSAS WHERE HE DIED YESTERDAY 380 INMATES HAVE POSITIVE SO FAR. 381 PEOPLE AT THE TRIUMPH FOODS MEAT PACKAGING PLAN AND SAVE JOE HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19. BUT A COMPANY REP SAYS NONE OF THEM HAD ANY SYMPTOMS, DR. SEE CASES LIKE THIS CONFIRM A HIGH NUMBER OF PEOPLE COULD BE SPREADING COVID-19 WITHOUT KNOWING THEY HAVE THE VIRUS. SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE YOU’RE SAYING MAY HAVE HAD SYMPTOMS. IT’S POSSIBLE, BUT THEY WERE JUST MILD ENOUGH THAT THEY DIDN’T REGISTER AS BEING A SYMPTOM THAT SHOWS YOU HOW EASY IT IS. IT GOES FROM ONE TO THE NEXT. AND SO WHEN SOMEBODY IS WANTING TO DEFY THE RECOMMENDATION OR THE ORDERS THAT ARE IN PLACE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY’RE NOT JUST PUTTING THEMSELVES AT RISK, BUT THEY’RE PUTTING THEIR WHOLE COMMUNITY AT RISK. ONE MORE TEST RESULTS ARE DUE THIS WEEK FOR PEOPLE AT THE PLANT WILL KEEP YOU POSTED ON THE LATEST. THE WAY YOU CAN TRACK THE CURVE OF COVID-19 CASES OF MISSOURI AND KANSAS ON OUR WEBSITE WE UP TO UPDATE THOSE NUMBERS DAILY FOR YOU. JUST GO TO KMBC.COM AND CLICK ON THE CORONAVIRUS ATTRACT THE CURVE TAB. KMBC NINE NEWS INVESTIGATES CONFIRMS MORE THAN TWENTY NINE MILLION DOLLARS TO CLAY COUNTY UNDER THE CARERS. ACT IS BEING DELAYED. IT’S BECAUSE CLAY COUNTY PRESIDING COMMISSIONER JARRY NOLTE WROTE ON TO THE FEDERAL DOCUMENT THAT HE HAD CONCERNS ABOUT THE FUNDING FORMULA. HE SAID HE DID IT IN PART BECAUSE THE DISTRIBUTION WOULD HAVE SHORTENED, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI AT LEAST FOUR MILLION DOLLARS KC MO MAYOR QUINTON LUCAS TELLS US THAT IT’S IN STIMULUS MONEY. IT MEANS THAT A LACK OF TESTING FOR MORE PEOPLE. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME WHY DON’T WE HAVE MORE OF AN ORDER PLANS? WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE THIS IS THE FUNDING STREAM HELPS US WITH THAT. WELL CLAY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS GENE OWEN AND LUANN RIDGEWAY HELD AN EMERGENCY MEETING LAST NIGHT TO GIVE THEMSELVES THE

The Kansas Corporation Commission has approved extending its emergency order that suspends utility disconnects for nonpayment until May 31. The action -- taken during a commission meeting on Tuesday -- will offer continued relief to those experiencing hardship from the COVID-19 virus, the KCC said. The directive covers all electrical, natural gas, water and telecommunications utilities under the KCC’s jurisdiction.“Even as the state begins the phased reopening process, Kansans continue to deal with the financial challenges brought about by COVID-19. Maintaining utility services is critical to ensure public health and safety as the state works toward recovery,” Commission Chair Susan Duffy said.The commission’s original suspension order was issued on March 16 to expire on April 15. On April 14, commissioners extended the order to May 15. Tuesday’s order runs concurrently with Executive Order 20-28 issued last week by Gov. Laura Kelly. The governor’s order prohibits utilities, not under the jurisdiction of the KCC, from disconnecting customers until May 31.

TOPEKA, Kan. —

The Kansas Corporation Commission has approved extending its emergency order that suspends utility disconnects for nonpayment until May 31.

The action -- taken during a commission meeting on Tuesday -- will offer continued relief to those experiencing hardship from the COVID-19 virus, the KCC said. The directive covers all electrical, natural gas, water and telecommunications utilities under the KCC’s jurisdiction.

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“Even as the state begins the phased reopening process, Kansans continue to deal with the financial challenges brought about by COVID-19. Maintaining utility services is critical to ensure public health and safety as the state works toward recovery,” Commission Chair Susan Duffy said.

The commission’s original suspension order was issued on March 16 to expire on April 15. On April 14, commissioners extended the order to May 15. Tuesday’s order runs concurrently with Executive Order 20-28 issued last week by Gov. Laura Kelly.

The governor’s order prohibits utilities, not under the jurisdiction of the KCC, from disconnecting customers until May 31.